Went in a pub in Penge before the Palace game. Mate bought the first round of 3 pints and the bill was about £7. We thought he'd only been charged for one pint. I bought the second round, 2 pints and a half........£ 6.70............
I just drove in from storrington. The 283 in the other direction was packed all the way with long ( possibly up to half a mile at Washington ) tail backs at all the roundabouts.
I agree with some of the OP's sentiment. It is horrible how European football is expanding to the detriment of domestic football. The League Cup is just a sideshow at least until the late rounds. The FA Cup is a much smaller part of the football calendar than it used to be. And regular...
Since we've somewhat moved on to travel away from the game, I'm surprised that no one has yet mentioned the massive queues for the Mill Road P&R. I did my usual clap em off, have a pint and a chat, watch the highlights and rolled out in the rain to the queue. Usually it isn't too bad by then...
I can see both sides of this debate but the FA's position will make it tougher for the Albion to execute their current strategy, Under current FA rules, neither Alexis not Kaoru would be allowed to come to play in the Prem.
I don't know if this has been linked to in another thread, but here is a very balanced video by three very level headed Leeds folks. Who totally acknowledge that Brighton are streets ahead of them at the moment and that a point was a great result for them.
Just to balance the ' all leeds...
Even though RDZ presumably has more money than we could dream of, doing this would be a wonderful statement. RDZ would probably love it. And the money collected would surely end up be donated to a worthy cause.
I really hope that this time the " Fan Advisory Panel ' will be able to solicit the views of all fans. We need a way to be able to provide input to these folks who so far appear to have been kept largely out of sight....
Suppertime. 8 year old son stops eating and looks around the kitchen thoughtfully.......then says to his Mum and me, " Where are you going to live when I grow up.....?"